How To Install libfreenect-fakenect on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreenect-fakenect on Fedora 36.
What is libfreenect-fakenect
Fakenect consists of a “record” program to save dumps from the kinect sensor and a library that can be linked to, providing an interface compatible with freenect. This allows you to save data and repeat for experiments, debug problems, share datasets, and experiment with the kinect without having one.
We can use yum or dnf to install libfreenect-fakenect on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libfreenect-fakenect.
Install libfreenect-fakenect on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libfreenect-fakenect using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libfreenect-fakenect
Install libfreenect-fakenect on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libfreenect-fakenect using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libfreenect-fakenect
How To Uninstall libfreenect-fakenect on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the libfreenect-fakenect package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libfreenect-fakenect
libfreenect-fakenect Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/fakenect
/usr/bin/fakenect-record
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/dd58e9e298dfad5ec143943bf5053e64133c5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/c768f1b9f63f2aaa83e1538d431da447840c43
/usr/lib64/fakenect
/usr/lib64/fakenect/libfakenect.so.0
/usr/lib64/fakenect/libfakenect.so.0.6.2
/usr/share/man/man1/fakenect-record.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fakenect.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreenect-fakenect on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
